Bikes is bikes.
If I wanted super high tech', designer name components, or the current trend.... I mighta bought something other than my Triumph.
If I wanted to brag, boast, and beat the pants off some kid on his 'best of the best', I'd take a few years off from street riding and buy a track bike..... then learn how to ride.
I wouldn't have to bother racing & bragging then, 'cause I'd know I'm "all that"...... (and a bag of chips)!
I spent five grand for a used '04 RS that can be had BRAND NEW for not a hell of a lot more (can you say 'Bargain'?!). It's got nose dive, the Showa suspension is 'decent' for 15,000 miles, and if you put a GOOD rider on it..... he'll excel all of our expectations of what we THINK we can do on our best day!
A bike is only as capable as it's weakest link, and 95% of the time..... it's the rider.
I haven't had my Black RS but only for a month, and we haven't had a chance to learn one another's style yet. But it's gonna be one hell of a cool distraction in MY life this summer! I see NOTHING wrong with what the magazines are saying about our Sprints; by comparison..... it IS olde technology, and it DOES have a suspension that's lacking. I ain't gonna take it personally, and I'm certainly not lusting any less for that 2005 ST.......! :razz:
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[ This message was edited by: FattRat on 2005-02-14 12:40 ]
